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Thursday, 12 January 2012

Developing the ICT industry of tomorrow

Developing the ICT industry of tomorrow

Developing the ICT industry of tomorrow
Limkokwing is producing a new generation of ICT-savvy young talents that will reinvent the future.
As a country with a vision of becoming a self-sufficient industrialised nation by the year 2020, Malaysia is healing in the right direction with its citizens fast gaining ground in the world of Information Communication Technology (ICT).
On the same note, the nation’s premier university in creativity and innovation - Limkokwing University of Creative Technology - is taking the lead by producing graduates that are equipped with the right skills and capabilities to take on the ICT industry worldwide.
The university provides cutting edge digital technology courses complete with the latest technological equipment, a combination capable of honing the next batch of well-rounded graduates that will steer   the future of this country to greater heights.
Limkowing University’s Faculty of Information and Communication Technology offers Internationally-recognised BSc degree in Mobile Computing, Games Technology, as well as Postgraduate studies in Computing Networking and Communication, among others.
Modules include:
  • Game programming
  • Digital Modeling & Animation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Interactive Multimedia
  • Real-Time System
  • Internet Security Knowledge
  • Grid Computing
The holistic approach of a Limkowing education is designed to ensure that their graduates are industry-ready and able to blend in with diffirent cultures and nationalities, making them attractive to potential employers.
Some of the career options one would consider as an ICT graduate would be: Chief Information Officers (CIO), Security Analyst and Analyst Programmer among others.
Living and learning at the Cyberjaya campus of Limkowing University of Creative Technology is an experience unlike any other. Student from all over the world converge, making this a dynamic multicultural environment with 70% of the 9,000 students coming from over 160 countries worldwide.
The university has some 30,000 students studying in its 12 campuses in Botswana, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lesotho, Malaysia and United Kingdom. A big part of its appeal is its innovation brand of creative education that merges the best of East and West education.
For its role in reinventing the landscape of tertiary education in Malaysia, the university has received over 100 awards from across four continents. Today, Limkokwing University’s degrees and diplomas are delivered in 20 countries and its global network if 282 university partners covers 77 countries worldwide.
With innovation as the driving force behind the university’s mission, the Limkokwing Global Experience is another unique effort in pioneering creative education. Exclusive to Limkokwing University, this is a revolutionary way of learning in several countries while en route to completing your degree.
It is a different and innovative kind of learning experience specially designed for a globally focused graduate keen to tackle the challenges of a globalized marketplace.
In your pursuit of knowledge, open your mind to an endless variety of possibilities when you chose to do your semesters in different countries. This will surely enhance your learning experience in the field of your choice.
You will have the opportunity to interact and study with students around the world. This multicultural exposure and the highly creative and innovative experience will mould you into the most confident, accomplished and in-demand graduate in the region.
In a rapidly developing world, the learning experience today has to include exposing young people to global business trends and innovation.
London – one of the world’s most vibrant and lively cities – is the heart of Limkokwing’s Global Research Centre for Creativity and Innovation. Located in the heart of thriving Piccadilly, the campus provides students with a unique opportunity to cross over to nearby locations for research in business, design, multimedia or any other field of study.
With a combination of the biggest companies, brands and business innovation, Limkokwing has designed an experience of London that is both class-based and complete with industry exposeure.
Students attend industry dialogues and talks, and are taken on site visits to expose them to global trends and expectations in their respective area of study.
Some of the famous names that were part of the industry visits are Harrods, Laura Ashley, the Royal Institute of Architects and Norman Foster.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Vietnam keen to emulate and learn from Malaysia in ICT development

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili (second from left) receiving a souvenir from Vietnam Minister of Information and Communications Dr. Le Doan Hop (third from left) after a courtesy call on July 18, 2011 at the venue of the Malaysia-Vietnam Business Forum held in conjunction with the ministry-led Trade Mission on ICT and Biotechnology to Vietnam from July 17 to 19. On the extreme left is Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato’ Lim Kim Eng and extreme right is Vietnam International Cooperation Department’s director-general Quan Dzuy Ngan Ha.
HANOI (July 18, 2011): Vietnam, which strategies to upgrade its ICT infrastructure by 2020, wants to tap on Malaysia’s expertise and experience particularly in the areas of e-government, broadband infrastructure, human capital building and telecommunication.
Vietnam Minister of Information and Communications Dr Le Doan Hop said his country was keen to emulate Malaysia in its ICT development. As such, he expressed hope that there would be more ICT partnerships, integration and development between the two nations.
He added that this would be useful for Vietnam to tackle several issues namely, human capital development in ICT, development of broadband infrastructure for rural areas, hardware and software ICT industry development and ICT application for socio-economic development.
“Business in these areas will be the strong point to have sustainable development. I also believe that in order to develop the ICT industry, we must give support to the households and enterprises,” Dr Le said during a meeting with Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili here today.

Dr Ongkili is leading a 50-member delegation on an ICT and biotechnology trade mission to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 17 to 23 July.
Dr Le remarked that there should be more exchange of government and business visits between the two countries. “We have plenty in common such as culture, and familiarity will promote consensus and mutual benefits,” he said.
The trade mission is to showcase whatMalaysiahas to offer and shareMalaysia’s experience in developing the Digital Malaysia Masterplan. The Masterplan aims at accelerating growth across all sectors by creating a conducive climate for innovation, investment and talent.
“It is Malaysia’s centralised approach for a digital nation that connects and empowers government, business and citizens in a digitally inclusive real time and global environment. It is expected to be crafted by the year end,” said Dr Ongkili said.
Delegates from the ICT sector include agencies under MOSTI, namely MDeC, MIMOS,  CyberSecurity Malaysia, Sirim and .my Domain Registry as well as PIKOM. Thirteen key Malaysian ICT companies joining the mission are CEOPE Risk Technologies, e-Protea MSC, TESS Innovation, Triset, Exabytes Network, Scope Group, SecureMetric Technology, IME Solutions, Belmah Strategies, IDD SolutionNet, K3Y Techs, Verion Research and i-Solutions Computing.
The Malaysian biotechnology sector is represented by Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation andTechnology ParkMalaysia, as well as biotech companies namely Biofact Life and Greenworld Genetics.
At a business forum held afterwards, a total of 10 memorandum of understanding were signed to forge collaborative efforts, promote Malaysian technologies and developing market access for the Malaysian companies in Vietnam. The exchange of MOU documents were witnessed by the two ministers.
The MOU include between Mimos Berhad and Vietnamese Institute of Information Technology to share knowledge and collaborate for research in the area of ICT technology relating to precision agriculture, health, e-government and education.
PIKOM and its counterpart Vietnam Information and Software Association (VINASA) forged an agreement to provide a forum for their members to exchange ideas and explore opportunities in trade, investment and transfer of technology and services.
Pikom also hopes to organise a PC Fair and Digital Lifestyle Expo inVietnam, following the success of its annual PC Fair and Digital Lifestyle Expo inMalaysia.
Tess Innovation Malaysia through its MOU with financial institution HanelcomVietnam, has appointed the latter as the sales and marketing, distribution and implementation partner of its CORAL™ Suite of Solutions forVietnam’s Financial Services Industry.
TrisetMalaysiasigned an MOU with Technology & Services Joint Stock Company ( FITECH )Vietnamas well as with FPT Information System,Vietnamto distribute, market and implement Treasury and investment solution to financial institutions.
Software developer CEOPE Risk Technologies Malaysia, which has developedMalaysia’s first anti-money laundering IT solution, signed an MOU with Unitech Technologies Vietnam in the areas of enterprise risk management application and external risk intelligence system for Vietnamese banking, insurance, energy, water and government sector.
SecureMetric Malaysia’s MOU with Vietunion, the provider of e-commerce applications and communities online, is to establish a central authentication and payment centre while its MOU with FIS Vietnam formalises an annual support and maintenance for its back-end system.
Meanwhile, RedtoneMalaysiais partnering with RedtoneVietnam’s Nguyen Thanh Tung to provide E-Purse service for the pre-paid mobile phone market.
In the biotechnology sector, Bionexus status company Green World Genetics Sdn Bhd (GWG) a research based company dealing in a wide range of crops, appointed Saigon Investment Construction and Commerce Co. Ltd (SICC) as its exclusive distributor for the selected seed varieties into the Vietnamese market and beyond.
Dr Ongkili also paid a courtesy call to Vietnam Science and Technology Minister H.E. Hoang Van Phong and visited theInstituteofAgricultural Geneticshere today.

UMP Lancar ICT Business Centre Tingkat Pengetahuan IT


Naib Canselor Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Prof. Dato’ Dr. Daing Nasir Ibrahim semalam  melancarkan ICT Business Centre sebagai usaha meningkatkan perkongsian ilmu pengetahuan dan kemahiran dalam bidang teknologi maklumat (IT) untuk masyarakat setempat.

Dengan penubuhan pusat ini UMP akan terus memacu kecemerlangan universiti  dalam bidang teknologi maklumat sebagai salah satu inisiatif UMP untuk meletakkan  universiti ini di persada antarabangsa.
Dato’ Daing berkata, penubuhan ICT Business Centre ini akan  mengkomersialkan produk dan perkhidmatan ICT termasuk semua sumber yang ada di Pusat Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi (PTMK) dan Fakulti Sistem Komputer dan Kejuruteraan Perisian (FSKKP).
Selain itu, pusat ini akan dapat melaksanakan pencapaian Pelan Strategik UMP dalam merangka  bidang keberhasilan utama universiti bagi menjana kelestarian  kewangan.
“UMP mempunyai tenaga pakar IT berpengalaman lebih 10 tahun dan usaha  ini    membolehkannya berkongsi ilmu dan kemahiran dengan organisasi lain khususnya institusi pendidikan dalam dan luar Negara,”
“Sumber ICT ini termasuk pelbagai jenis server, jaringan (network), CCTV dan pelbagai peralatan IT yang terdapat di UMP,” katanya semasa merasmikan majlis pembukaan ICT Business Centre di Dewan Astaka, UMP.
Beliau juga mengharapkan penubuhan pusat ini akan merealisasikan  hasrat universiti bagi   menjana pendapatan universiti selaras dengan Pelan Stategik UMP 2011-2015.
Di antara perkhimatan yang ditawarkan termasuklah  khidmat konsultansi dan produk ICT kepada organisasi luar melibatkan IPT, pusat latihan dan jabatan kerajaan serta menjayakan konsep ‘outsourcing’ yang diperkenalkan Kerajaan.
Manakala menurut Pengarah Urusan ICT Business Centre, Prof. Madya Dr. Wan Maseri Wan Mohd berkata, penubuhan pusat ini pastinya  bukan sahaja memberi manfaat kepada staf di jabatan PTMK  malah melibatkan semua  warga universiti.
Secara tidak langsung ianya akan mewujudkan budaya kerja korporat kepada staf PTMK dan dapat melahirkan lebih ramai perunding mengikut  kepakaran pensyarah yang ada di universiti.
Katanya, pelajar juga turut mendapat manfaat dengan memberi peluang untuk menjalani latihan industri dan sama-sama terlibat dalam memasarkan produk ICT.
Hadir sama Dekan Pusat Bahasa Moden dan Sains Kemanusiaan,  Professor Dr. Abdul Jalil Borham, Dekan Dekan Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia & Sumber Asli, Prof. Dr. Jailani Salihon dan  Pengarah Urusan UMP Holding, Nasirudin Nasrun